HI,
I have installed a PCI-X card (adaptec 29320-ALP) into one of my ESXi Hosts , an HP DL360 G6
I would like to add this card to a VM to allow me to connect to a tape drive for use with Backup software.
In VCenter , I can see the card when I go to the relevant host , configuration , Storage adapters.
When I go the VM settings and add hardware , it is saying 'none available' under PCI or SCSI adapters
I have run 'esxcfg-module -l' and can see it has loaded the appropriate module "aic79xx" , although Im not sure how to tell if this is the latest version
anyone have any Ideas how I can get this to be seen by the VM?
Thanks in advance
have you look into vmware directpath i/o? http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1010789
have you look into vmware directpath i/o? http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1010789
Great, I ve just done that and rebooted the host , I can now see it as available hardware.
I knew about directpath , but I didnt think it was necessary to do , I though you would be able to add it without going through the DP process.
thanks for the help
no problem, glad my post has helped you. and thanks for the points .. 😃